An outbreak of legionnaires' disease at a flower show: clinical findings and studies on host defense mechanisms

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CHAPTER 1 General Introduction and Outline of the Thesis

CHAPTER 2 A Large Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at a Flower Show, The Netherlands, 1999

CHAPTER 3 Legionnaires' disease at a Dutch Flower show: Prognostic Factors and Impact of Therapy

CHAPTER 4 Health-Related Quality of Life and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Survivors of an Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease

CHAPTER 5 Persistence of Pulmonary Abnormalities and Symptoms in Survivors of L. pneumphila Pneumonia

CHAPTER 6 Sensitivity of Three Urinary Antigen Tests Associated with Clinical Severity in a Large Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease in the Netherlands

CHAPTER 7 Reduced Interferon- Release in Patients Recovered from Legionnaires' disease

CHAPTER 8 Haptoglobin Polymorphism Influence Severity of Legionnaires' disease Independently of Iron Status

CHAPTER 9 Toll-like Receptor 4 Is Not Involved in Host Defense against Pulmonary Legionella pneumophila Infection in a Mouse Model

CHAPTER 10 Depletion of Alveolar Macrophages Impairs Clearance of Legionella pneumophila from the Lungs in a Mouse Model

CHAPTER 11 Summary of the Study Results and General Discussion

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